The British rock invasion of the mid-1960s had a profound effect on American music and the country's culture at large. For the first time, adolescents held sway over the record industry. By decade's end, the generation's influence extended to virtually all corners of the marketplace. Young was in, old was out.
Kids no longer wanted to look grown up, and …
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